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Could a monkey be taught how to bivvy up and catch fish?

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Steve Partner, 04 June 2010 16:00

Late last year I wrote a piece about the merits of catching fish thanks to the expertise of a guide, concluding that they didn’t really count. There wasn’t enough effort, I argued, on behalf of the angler for the catch to be considered a genuine feat of fishing skill. The equation, for me, was simple: guide + angler equals no ...

 

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Could a monkey be taught how to bivvy up and catch fish?

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Steve Partner,
04 June 2010 16:00

Late last year I wrote a piece about the merits of catching fish thanks to the expertise of a guide, concluding that they didn’t really count. There wasn’t enough effort, I argued, on behalf of the angler for the catch to be considered a genuine feat of fishing skill. The equation, for me, was simple: guide + angler equals no ...

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Catching the Impossible heads for TV - and about time!

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Steve Partner, 07 May 2010 16:30

It’s not always easy to be objective about something you’ve been close to from idea right through to completion. You can, in fact, over-compensate in your attempts to appear impartial, finding fault where none exists, tempering enthusiasm in a bid to remain unbiased. I know, because in the case of Catching the Impossible I’ve done it. Now, though, the guard ...

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Steve Partner discusses the £100,000 dream fishing match

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Steve Partner, 23 April 2010 17:00

Phil Briscoe has a dream. A dream that later this summer looks set to become reality. One angler will, he insists, walk away from the fishing contest he is intent on launching with a record-breaking amount of money. Whichever way you fold it, £100,000 is a lot of cash for catching fish. There will, in amid the initial excitement at ...

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Steve Partner: Trial by the keyboard coward

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Steve Partner, 09 April 2010 17:00

Craig Humphries is just an angler who posted the image of a very big fish on an internet site. No harm in that, you might think. And if you were of sound mind, you’d be right. But fishing, it seems, isn’t a world always populated by those of sound mind. Not if you gauge the reaction to Craig’s innocent decision, ...

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Steve Partner: Are you being ripped off by fishery pellets?

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Steve Partner, 03 March 2010 17:25

It’s been described by some as angling’s biggest con trick. A rip-off so widespread and prevalent that it’s even spawned its own joke. A dry, sarcastic one but a joke nonetheless. ‘What,’ so the gag goes, ‘is the difference between fishery pellets and those you buy from the tackle shop?’ Punchline: ‘About £2.’ Yes, it’s fair to say that fisheries ...

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Steve Partner: Fearnley-Whittingstall - Angler and proud of it

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Steve Partner, 15 December 2009 09:00

As the camera continued to roll, the angler carefully ran his Avon float down the far-bank glide for the umpteenth time that afternoon, the orange tip still frustratingly visible as it bounced rhythmically in the flow. Only this time it suddenly disappeared. A whoop of delight accompanied the bent rod and within seconds a twisting flash of silver was safely ...

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Steve Partner: I've signed up, here's why you should too!

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Steve Partner, 27 October 2009 14:56

If, as the cliché goes, a week is a long time in mainstream politics, then in the governance of fishing, four months is an eternity. Back in June the Angling Trust stood on the brink of financial ruin, its brief existence almost over before it really started. Individual membership had stalled at a frankly pathetic 9,500 and a series of ...

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Steve Partner: Why the cloak of secrecy must remain

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Steve Partner, 13 October 2009 13:30

A week after news broke of the death of the 40lb-plus Boddington Reservoir pike, Steve Partner takes a look at who was responsible… Here’s a moral dilemma for you. Imagine you’re a journalist, working for the leading national fishing publication, and you receive a call from an angler who says he’s just caught a 40lb-plus pike. He gives you chapter ...

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Steve Partner: Our No1 whingers

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Steve Partner, 06 October 2009 11:13

A week after Angling Times broke the news of the fishery owner who decided to ban complaining match anglers from his venue, Steve Partner asks what it is that makes these people so antagonistic? What is it with match anglers? What is it that turns the vast majority of them into the sport’s biggest moaners? Now, before I alienate thousands ...

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Steve Partner: Why livebaiting just has to stay

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Steve Partner, 29 September 2009 11:07

After Angling Times readers voted for zero fish to be removed in proposed bylaw changes, livebaiting has come under the microscope once more. Steve Partner takes a look at the ethics of the method The pike fishing community is feeling the pressure again. More than that, it’s feeling persecuted, victimised and, consequently, fairly angry with the rest of the angling ...

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